Calbha Beag is an uninhabited island in Eddrachillis Bay, off Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. It is immediately to the west of Calbha Mor.

Calbha Beag
Scottish Gaelic nameCalbha Beag
Meaning of nameLittle calf island[1]
Location
Calbha Beag is located in Sutherland
Calbha Beag
Calbha Beag
Calbha Beag shown within Scotland
OS grid referenceNC156367
Coordinates58°17′N 5°08′W / 58.28°N 05.14°W / 58.28; -05.14
Physical geography
Island groupIslands of Sutherland
Area45 hectares (110 acres)[2]
Area rank210= (?) [3]
Highest elevation41 metres (135 ft)
Administration
Council areaHighland
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited[4]
Lymphad

An estimate of the area from Ordnance Survey suggest a figure of about 31 hectares (77 acres),[5] although it has been listed by Rick Livingstone as totalling 45 hectares (110 acres), possibly including areas exposed at low tide.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ Mac an Tàilleir p. 25
  2. ^ a b "Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland" (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. ^ Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
  4. ^ National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  5. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 15 Loch Assynt (Lochinver & Kylesku) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319231265.

References

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58°16′48″N 5°08′48″W / 58.2801°N 5.1466°W / 58.2801; -5.1466